2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I

Group I of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was one of twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament in Morocco.^[1] The group consisted of four teams: Mali, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Eswatini.^[2]

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024.^[3]

Mali and Mozambique, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14	Final tournament		—	1–1	1–0	6–0
2	Mozambique	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11			0–1	—	2–1	1–1
3	Guinea-Bissau	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5			0–0	1–2	—	1–0
4	Eswatini	6	0	2	4	2	13	−11	2			0–1	0–3	1–1	—

5 September 2024 (2024-09-05)

16:00 UTC±0

Guinea-Bissau	1–0	Eswatini
Burá 14'	Report

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Referee: Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)

19:00 UTC±0

Mali	1–1	Mozambique
Bissouma 52'	Report	Catamo 37'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 49,000

Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

15:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	0–1	Mali
	Report	Bissouma 7'

Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa)

Attendance: 406

Referee: Jean-Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

15:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	2–1	Guinea-Bissau
Guima 5' Elias 73'	Report	Mam. Baldé 24'

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

15:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	1–1	Eswatini
Ratifo 73'	Report	Mavuso 80'

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Pierre Jean Nguiene (Congo)

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

19:00 UTC±0

Mali	1–0	Guinea-Bissau
Touré 62'	Report

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

14 October 2024 (2024-10-14)

21:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	0–3	Mozambique
	Report	Domingues 11' Ratifo 41' Catamo 59'

Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa)

Referee: Ring Nyier (South Sudan)

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

16:00 UTC±0

Guinea-Bissau	0–0	Mali
	Report

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

15 November 2024 (2024-11-15)

17:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	1–1	Guinea-Bissau
Mkhonta 81' (pen.)	Report	Mané 87'

Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa)

Referee: Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon)

15 November 2024 (2024-11-15)

17:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	0–1	Mali
	Report	Doumbia 19'

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Dickens Mimisa (Kenya)

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)

15:00 UTC±0

Mali	6–0	Eswatini
Touré 7' Nene 17', 23', 76' Doumbia 42', 89'	Report

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)

15:00 UTC±0

Guinea-Bissau	1–2	Mozambique
Beto 42'	Report	Langa 9' Ratifo 52'

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Referee: Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

There were 25 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.08 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal